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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Washington, DC

District Of Columbia US

Email:

rodjellema@yahoo.com

Bio:

Prof. Emeritus, U. of MD, English & creative writing. PhD Edinburgh, Scotland.Started writing poetry (@40)1967. 5 books of poems, culminating in INCARNALITY: THE COLLECTED POEMS (2010).2 books of
poems translated from the Frisian.Prese Presently writing FINDING THE UNDERCURRENT: SHORT ESSAYS ON THE READING, WRITING, AND TEACHING OF POETRY. 5 0f these essays published or forthcoming in
Poet Lore and Innisfree Poetry Journal.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Born in:

Holland

Raised in:

Holland, Ann Arbor, MI

Michigan

Website:

https://www.RodJellema.com [2]

Prizes won:

NEA Prize; 2 NEA Writing Fellowships; Pieter Jelles Prize (Netherlands);
Columbia Univ.Translation Prize;Book of the Year"(2005),MFA Council on Christianity and Literature;Towson University Prize in Literature (2005)

What I'm reading now:

Gabriel by Ed Hirsch

Tourist in Hell by Eleanor Wilner

American Rendering by Andrew Hudgins

Song of the World Becoming by Pattiann Rogers

Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor

Identifies as:

Christian

Prefers to work with:

Teachers